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Dolores S. Bago Vs. Judge Ernesto P. Pagayatan etc.

Dolores S. Bago, Complainant, versus Judge Ernesto P. Pagayatan, Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-07-2058 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 06-2422--RTJ) | 2009-04-07

R E S O L U T I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

The instant administrative complaint[1] was filed before this Court by complainant Dolores S. Bago (Bago) charging Judge Ernesto P. Pagayatan (Judge Pagayatan) of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 46, of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, with Grave Abuse of Discretion, Misconduct, Inefficiency, and Gross Ignorance of the Law, relative to Criminal Case No. R-4295 for Murder, entitled, "People of the Philippines v. Orlando Gonzales, et al."

The antecedent facts which gave rise to the instant administrative complaint are recounted below:

On May 7, 1995, at around 9:00 in the evening, Mayor...